Confirming Sentence Examples

She followed the man at a distance, slowly confirming she was somewhere on her planet.

In 1069 he succeeded in placing Izaslaus on the throne of Kiev, thereby confirming Poland's overlordship over Russia and enabling Boleslaus to chastise his other enemies, Bohemia among them, with the co-operation of his Russian auxiliaries.

Another charter, confirming former liberties but altering the constitution of the corporation, was granted in 1611.

She touched the pouch on her side, confirming that the cell phone was there.

To him we owe the distinction between canonical and apocryphal writings; in the Prologus Galeatus prefixed to his version of Samuel and Kings, he says that the church reads the Apocrypha "for the edification of the people, not for confirming the authority of ecclesiastical doctrines."

The necropolis, too, has been discovered, but not systematically excavated; but objects of the first Iron age, including a sword of Aegean type (thus confirming the tradition), have been found; also remains of a building with Doric columns of an archaistic type, remains of later buildings in brick, and inscriptions, some of them of considerable interest.

At the diet of1790-1791laws were passed not only confirming the royal prerogatives Leopold and the national liberties, but leaving the way open for 1792790- future developments.

In 1674 Ken paid a visit to Rome in company with young Izaak Walton, and this journey seems mainly to have resulted in confirming his regard for the Anglican communion.

He found that within wide limits the velocity was independent of the pressure, thus confirming the theory.

The boundary question between Costa Rica and Nicaragua was referred to the arbitration of the president of the United States, who gave his award in 1888, confirming a treaty of 1858; further difficulties arising from the work of demarcation were settled by treaty in 1896.

Lathum scribbled on the pad, confirming as he wrote.

Cynthia answered, another guest confirming his room while Fred told his new skiing partner he'd see him in the morning.

He is stated also to have influenced the king in issuing his dispensing declaration of the 26th of December 1662, and he zealously supported a bill introduced for the purpose of confirming the declaration, rising thereby in favour and influence with Charles.

Like the nobles, again, the burgesses had the right of confirming royal grants and of taking part in legislation; and they may be said to have formed - socially, politically and judicially - an independent and powerful estate.

In 1884 another treaty was signed by the king, confirming and extending French influence, and reducing the royal authority to a shadow, but in view of the discontent aroused by it, its provisions were not put in force till several years later.

Dr Colenso, who obtained a decision of the privy council confirming his claim to be bishop of Natal and possessor of the temporalities attached to the bishopric, died in 1883.

More important in its ulterior consequences to Hungary was the law of 1351 which, while confirming the Golden Bull in general, abrogated the clause (iv.) by which the nobles had the right to alienate their lands.

He is also found confirming his old rival Arnulf in the see of Reims; summoning Adalbero or Azelmus of Laon to Rome to answer for his crimes; judging between the archbishop of Mainz and the bishop of Hildesheim; besieging the revolted town of Cesena; flinging the count of Angouleme into prison for an offence against a bishop; confirming the privileges of Fulda abbey; granting charters to bishoprics far away on the Spanish mark; and, on the eastern borders of the empire, erecting Prague as the seat of an archbishopric for the Sla y s.

In June 1754, in pursuance of a recommendation of the Lords of Trade, a convention of representatives of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland met here for the purpose of confirming and establishing a closer league of friendship with the Iroquois and of arranging for a permanent union of the colonies.

When the secret treaty with France became known, thus confirming Sacheverell's insight, the latter called for the disbandment of the forces and advocated the refusal of further supplies for military purposes; and in June 1678 he resolutely opposed Lord Danby's proposal to grant £300,000 per annum to Charles II.

These murders were committed so promptly and secretly that it is doubtful whether the estates, actually in session at the same place, knew what had been done when, on the 26th of May, under violent pressure from Goran Persson, they signed a document declaring that all the accused gentlemen under detention had acted like traitors, and confirming all sentences already passed or that might be passed upon them.

Radar 's also detected them, confirming the sightings.

Henry established imperial vicars in the Lombard towns, confirming the tyrants, but gaining nothing for the empire in exchange for the titles he conferred.

Abundant charters from early Saxon monarchs are extant confirming various laws and privileges to the abbey, and the earliest of these, from King Ceadwalla, was granted before A.D.

These and other experiments, described by Dr Manson in the Practitioner for March 1900, confirming the laboratory evidence as they do, leave no doubt whatever of the correctness of the mosquito-parasitic theory of malaria.

The latter refused to lay down their arms until a firman was issued (July 1858), confirming the promised concessions.

The fresco-paintings, ceramic motives, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of Crete have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already created by the goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland (Mycenae, Vaphio, Tiryns).

He was last employed in the negotiations for confirming the truce of Andrussowo (September 1669; March 1670).

Like the old Roman people, the Macedonian people under arms had acted especially in the transference of the royal authority, conferring or confirming the right of the new chief, and in cases !of the capital trials of Macedonians.

Roger de Lacy in 1194 granted a charter to the burgesses confirming their liberties and right to be a free borough at a fee-farm of 12d.

Yet they have some value as confirming the conclusion based on a comparison of the "we" sections of the Acts, with the remainder of the two books.

Confirming what was doubtless an older custom, Philip Augustus decreed the quarantaine-le-roi, which suspended every act of reprisal for at least forty days; and in 1257 Louis IX.

The Senates act as courts for the trial of state officers impeached by the house (in imitation of the British House of Lords and the Federal Senate), and have in some states Powers and the function of confirming or refusing appointments Funcons made by the governor.

Through the power of confirming or rejecting the presidents nominations to office, the senators of the presidents party are able to influence a large amount of patronage.

Wellington realized the supreme necessity, in the interests not only of France but of Europe, of confirming and maintaining the prestige of the restored monarchy, which such a dismemberment would have irretrievably damaged.

In consequence of this acquisition of territory by Germany and the subsequent seizure of Port Arthur by Russia, Great Britain accepted the lease of Wei-hai-wei on the same terms. The convention confirming this arrangement was signed on the 1st of July 1898.

The powers of the two houses are the same except that the senate exercises the usual right of confirming appointments and of sitting as a court of impeachment, while the House of Representatives initiates money bills and impeachment cases.

Four days later the diet passed a resolution confirming the hereditary right of Gustavus's son, Prince Eric, to the throne.

The first charter was granted about 1283 to the burgesses by Henry de Lacy, second earl of Lincoln, confirming the liberties granted by the first Henry de Lacy, who is therefore sometimes said, although probably erroneously, to have granted a charter about 1147.

A filibuster at the end of the 65th Congress caused the Senate to adjourn without confirming the appointment, but the President made him a " recess " appointee.

On the 17th the emperor left Vienna for Innsbruck " for the benefit of his health," and thence, on the loth, issued a proclamation in which he cast himself on the loyalty of his faithful provinces, and, while confirming the concessions of March, ignored those of the 5th of May.

The envoy brought a firmn confirming Mehemet Ali and ordering Khorshid to go to Alexandria, there to await further orders; but this he refused to do, on the ground that hI 1, he had been appointed by a hatt-i-sherff.

It aimed at confirming and supplementing what had already been done during his regency.

The result was that, on the 15th of February 1763, a few days after the conclusion of the peace of Paris, the treaty of Hubertusburg was signed, Austria confirming Prussia in the possession of Silesia.

The new assistant scarcely came up to expectations in respect of confirming certain theoretical views of his master's by the experiments set him to that end, and appears to have stated the discrepancy without reserve; but Berthollet nevertheless quickly recognized the ability displayed, and showed his appreciation not only by desiring to be Gay-Lussac's "father in science," but also by making him in 1807 an original member of the Societe d'Arcueil.

There are other points of contact between Beowulf on the one hand and the Scandinavian records on the other, confirming the conclusion that the Old English poem contains much of the historical tradition of the Gautar, the Danes and the Swedes, in its purest accessible form.

The first parliament of the Regent Murray (1567), while confirming the establishment of the Reformed church as the only true church of Christ, settling the Protestant succession, and doing something to secure the right of stipend to ministers, reintroduced lay patronage, the superintendent being charged to induct the patron's nominee - an infringement of the reformed system against which the church never ceased to protest.

On his arrival in Sweden, however, he tried to gain time by provisionally confirming what had been done; but the aggressiveness of the Protestant faction and the persistent usurpations of Duke Charles (the Riksdag of 1595 proclaimed him regent though the king had previously refused him that office) made a civil war inevitable.

In his contest with the Greek empire and the Lombard princes of Benevento, Adrian remained faithful to the Frankish alliance, and the friendly relations between pope and emperor were not disturbed by the difference which arose between them on the question of the worship of images, to which Charlemagne and the Gallican Church were strongly opposed, while Adrian favoured the views of the Eastern Church, and approved the decree of the council of Nicaea (787), confirming the practice and excommunicating the iconoclasts.

About 40 years later, Sultan bin Ahmad, the ruler of Muscat, having been appealed to for aid by the Arab inhabitants of the place against Persian misrule, occupied the town, and obtained a firman from the Persian government confirming him in his possession on the condition of his paying a yearly rent of a few thousand tomans.

On the 30th of March he issued a letter confirming Partridge's sad fate.

The corporation also possesses documents of 11 54, 1 399 and 1413, granting to the archbishop's men of Lydd the privileges enjoyed by the Cinque Ports and confirming all former privileges.

The council of state is abolished and the senate is charged with the duty of confirming executive appointments.

He took a decided view on the Pelagian controversy, confirming the decisions of the synod of the province of proconsular Africa held in Carthage in 416, which had been sent to him.

William the Lion had a residence in the city, to which he gave a charter in 1179 confirming the corporate rights granted by David I.

Millar contends that till the confirming charter of James VI.

From the time of the Reformation no change has been made in the law of the Church which has not been made by the king and parliament, sometimes indirectly, as by confirming the resolutions of convocation, but for the most part by statute.

We now find " merit " confined to Christ, and the usual application ruled out, somewhat as St Paul's intenser use of Pharisee conceptions destroyed instead of confirming the idea of righteousness by'works.

According to newer investigations, Heraclius only made peace with them, confirming them in the possession of the provinces which they already had occupied, and obtaining from them at the same time the recognition of his suzerainty.

In 1480 Boffille married Marie d'Albret, sister of Alain the Great, thus confirming the feudal position which the king had given him in the south.

Other charters generally confirming the first were granted to the town by most of the early kings.

The Restored Monarchy, 1874-1900.The first act of Aiphonso was a royal decree confirming the appointment of Canovas del Castillo as prime minister.

A compact was then signed at Vilna, "in the name of the whole Christian World," between Gedymin and the delegates, confirming the promised privileges.

He modelled his private life on that of his predecessor Saint Louis, but was no fanatic in religion, for he refused his support to the violent methods of the Inquisition in southern France, and allowed the Jews to return to the country, at the same time confirming their privileges.

However irregular this sentence may have been from the canonical point of view (for the accusers do not seem to have actually proved the crime of heresy, which was necessary, according to most scholars of the period, to justify the deposition of a sovereign pontiff), the condemned pope was not long in confirming it.

Later investigations, whilst confirming the general validity of Huxley's conclusions, have slightly altered the limits and definitions of his groups.

The seed was stalked, and there is an exact agreement in structure between the vascular strands of the stalk and cupule of the seed, and those of the rachis and leaflets of Lyginodendron, thus confirming the evidence from the glands.

From the time of the Conquest down to the 18th century, Bideford remained in the possession of the Grenville family, and it first appears as a borough in an undated charter (probably of the reign of Edward I.) from Richard de Grenville, confirming a charter from his grandfather, Richard de Grenville, fixing the rent and services due from the burgesses and granting them liberties similar to those in use at Breteuil and a market every Monday.

Pneumonia, the doctor said, confirming Alex's fears.

Someone scrapped away the soot from the license plate sufficiently to read the number thereby confirming what we already knew.

An annual declaration must be filed confirming adherence to the local trading prohibition.

You should hear the phone beep, confirming the upload.

No confirming or denying anything they're saying beyond the occasional grunt.

Magnetic resonance imaging is helpful in confirming the nature of a mediastinal hematoma.

The frost eroded limestone is littered with coral and sea shell fossils confirming this raised mountain was once below sea level.

We will send an email confirming the entry, and if the address does not exist we cannot add the listing.

Radar's also detected them, confirming the sightings.

Fig 12 Ian called me all the lucky so-and-so 's going, confirming what Mo ' had been telling him all along.

Do you have anything substantive to say (apart from confirming my arguments ), or is this it?

If you can appeal, the one-month time limit starts again from the date on the letter confirming the decision.

Tommy confirming officers made minimal allowance for the strain that trench warfare imposed on the Tommies in the trenches.

The new byelaws revoke and replace with amendments previous byelaws made by the verderers and the order revokes the orders confirming the revoked byelaws.

The city is now governed under a charter of Charles II., confirming that of 1464, the governing body, consisting of a lord mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors.

Owing to certain indiscretions of Chauvelin and the growing unpopularity of the French in England (especially after the disgraceful day of the 10th of June at the Tuileries), the mission was a failure; but Talleyrand had had some share in confirming Pitt in his policy of neutrality, even despite Prussia's overtures for an alliance against France.

By reducing the tension to one quarter of its previous amount, the number of ventral segments will be seen to be increased to two, indicating that the first harmonic of the thread is now in unison with the solid, and consequently that its fundamental is an octave lower than it was with the former tension; thus confirming the law that n varies as S IT.

He offered to purchase for himself the Connecticut title to a farm, and in the following year he was appointed a member of a commission to settle claims according to the terms of an act, of which he was the author, confirming the Connecticut titles (see Wyoming Valley and Wilkes-BARRfi).

Instead of confirming all claims existing when the country passed to the United States, and so ensuring an immediate settlement of the matter, which was really the most important thing for the peace and purse of the community, the United States government undertook through a land commission and courts to sift the valid from the fraudulent.

He realized that one of the most potent factors in the Milner situation was the attitude of the Cape Dutch, and in March 1898 at Graaff Reinet Milner called upon the Dutch citizens of the Cape, " especially those who had gone so far in the expression of their sympathy for the Transvaal as to expose themselves to charges of disloyalty to their own flag " to use all their influence, not in confirming the Transvaal in unjustified suspicions, not in encouraging its government in obstinate resistance to all reform, but in inducing it gradually to assimilate its institutions, and the temper and spirit of its administration, to those of the free communities of South Africa, such as Cape Colony or the Orange Free State.

Incidents were related evidently confirming the opinion that everything was going from bad to worse, but whether telling a story or giving an opinion the speaker always stopped, or was stopped, at the point beyond which his criticism might touch the sovereign himself.

Worse than confirming my darkest thoughts, it told me that my cynical pessimism is as starry-eyed idealism to the reality.

Do you have anything substantive to say (apart from confirming my arguments), or is this it?

The confirming officers made minimal allowance for the strain that trench warfare imposed on the Tommies in the trenches.

The new byelaws revoke and replace with amendments previous byelaws made by the Verderers and the order revokes the orders confirming the revoked byelaws.

Have them provide you with research confirming their success rates in treating your particular addiction.

On October 30, the story broke, with Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon confirming that their marriage of seven years was over.

It was her father that spilled the beans in an interview, confirming that the couple was not expecting one baby, but two.

Her work obviously paid off, as a short time later, she would be confirming pregnancy rumors.

Earlier this year, after rumors that the show was getting the axe from the kid friendly station, execs came forward confirming that the show will remain in the Nick line-up.

Kidman was on celebrity baby watch denying pregnancy rumors, as it seems that most celebrities do these days, for a short time until finally confirming that she and husband Keith Urban were expecting.

A brief time after confirming their togetherness, Holly moved into Angel's Las Vegas home.

No word on whether the other judges' contracts have been renegotiated, but Abdul's managers are confirming that producers for the show have not approached her for a pay hike.

While no one in Marie Osmond's camp is confirming or denying anything, many people have been speculating that Osmond underwent some plastic surgery.

Some fans also like to send cards on their favorite celebrity's birthday, so confirming the dates with several different sources is always a good idea in this case.

Increased dopamine levels were detected, confirming some experts' opinion that gaming is chemically addictive.

Sony issued a press release earlier today, confirming that the PS3 is being delayed until November 2006.

Shipment confirmation - You will receive an email confirming that your order has shipped.

A good resource to check when confirming what version of Bluetooth your cell phone is compatible with is GSM Arena, a website that has the basic specifications for most GSM phones.

In some cases, skin biopsy has been found useful in confirming a diagnosis.

A fasting plasma glucose level of 126 mg/dl (7.0 mmol/l) or higher indicates diabetes (with a confirming retest on a subsequent day).

Take advantage of the free public records available to anyone as an excellent resource in confirming dates and family names.

Applicants who contact the company by e-mail will receive a response confirming their application was received; no other employment applications will be acknowledged.

Rumors that Angelina Jolie is pregnant first surfaced in December 2005, with representatives for both Angelina and Brad confirming public suspicions in January 2006.

Magazine, which had an exclusive interview with Spears, confirming her pregnancy at 12 weeks.

The liver problems disappeared as soon as the individuals stopped drinking kombucha, and reappeared when they resumed their kombucha habit, thus confirming the doctors' opinion that the kombucha tea caused liver problems.

After confirming your registration, you can add yourself to the communities that interest you, update your profile, and search for friends.

As a relationship approaches the one year anniversary, couples will find themselves either confirming a commitment to be together or breaking up.

Selene later saw Lucian was alive, confirming her doubts about Kraven's abilities as a Death Dealer as well as his loyalties.

After confirming the craft was on course for an estimated arrival time of 5 a.m., the plane never showed up.

You may want to try several code combinations before confirming your purchase to ensure you're getting the best possible deal.

The mystery deepens when you consider that the company has William Durant on record as confirming the Paris story.

There have been no controlled, peer-reviewed studies confirming the theory that certain foods require more energy to digest than they bring into the body.

It may be in your interest to check with a representative regarding the availability of food selections prior to confirming your order.

You can also write a confirming letter to your insurer after each conversation.

They each issued statements to the press confirming the split, and they also announced their separation on an episode of Jon and Kate Plus Eight that aired that same night.

If you do this exactly as described (and it involves specifically not doing some things, like confirming the gifts) you have what is described as an "unlimited" supply of money.

I took the liberty of confirming some of these cases.

I asked, confirming my lack of faith in the couple's long term relationship.

She opened one eye, then the other, confirming his words.

He brought Cynthia up to speed on his meeting with Lydia after confirming there was no further word on Martha's disappearance.

He flipped her off, confirming he heard her.

Soon after confirming she was asleep, the two large men who had emptied the house of boxes returned for her.

He watched, confirming the far side of the planet wasn't the focus of either Yirkin or Qatwali forces.

When Dean returned after confirming a reservation from yet another ice climber, she sat huddled in the corner of the sofa.

Supper was pancakes and eggs, with conversation directed to the children, interrupted by confirming calls from ice climbers who would begin arriving on Thursday.

Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

The Original Watcher appeared, confirming her instinct.

Brandon flushed, confirming the instinct that he wasn't as pure as his cousin thought.

The trouble was again revived by the repeal in 1790 of the confirming act 2 Several Scotch-Irish families from Lancaster (disambiguation)|Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, accepted Connecticut titles and settled at Hanover under Captain Lazarus Stewart.

The French directory, which possessed information from Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Arthur O'Connor confirming Tone, prepared to despatch an expedition under Hoche.

In this way the development of Russian policy with regard to Turkey was checked for some years, but the project of confirming and extending the Russian protectorate over the Orthodox Christians was revived in 1852, when Napoleon III.

Henry VII., while confirming this charter in 1505, granted further that the burgesses should hold their town and soke with all the manors in the soke on payment of a fee farm.

This evidence is too distinct to be set aside; and, exactly confirming as it does the Egyptian weights and coin weights, and agreeing with the early Asiatic tribute, it cannot be overlooked in future.